Paper-press.



C. B. HEIM.

PAPER PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.19, 1914.

1,1 1 3,625, Patented 0ct.13, 1914.

lNl/E/VTUR C HHFILES B. 119/ M W v I l ATTORNEY no ED STATES CHARLES B. HEIM, 0F MARCO, INDIANA.

PAPER-PRESS.

useful Paper-Press; and I do hereby declare.

that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in .w icli like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of baling presses of the type suitable for baling old waste papers and the like and to render the same convenient and easy of operation. Paper presses of this type are used by collectors of waste papers and, therefore, simplicity in construction and ease of operation are of very great importance as the purchasers and users of such devices are not financially able or provided with mechanical help or with suflicient business to justify the use of complex or large expensive baling mechanism.

One feature of the invention consists in a simple loop-like means for mounting and holding the screw beam when in use and also when not in use.

The full nature of the invention will be,

understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the paper press closed and in operation. Fig. 2 is the same after the bale has been formed and with the parts in position for the removal of the bale and the subsequent introduction of more paper, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a section .on the line 8 3 of Fig. 2. T i

There is shown herein a rectangular ress box open at the top and with sides 3, a ack 4, a bottom 5, a door 6 and to bar 7 located immediately above the door w en it is closed. The bottom 5 has grooves 8 therein for the insertion of baling wires 9 for baling the bale 10 of waste ap'er.

The door 6 is liinged to the bottom of the box by the hinges 11 so that the door can be opened outwardly and downwardly and when lying on thefloor or ground, the hinged end of the door will be flush with the upper surface of the bottom 5 of the press box. This always maintains the door in the proper position with reference to the press box, when the door is open, and the proper relation of the door to the bottom 0 also maintained. This facilitates the refipeciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19, 1914. Serial No; 813,031.

moval of the bale 10 from the bale box, by throwing it out of-the bale box upon the door 6 which for the time being is a platform. After the bale is removed the door is upended or closed. with the upper end fitting.

immediately under the cross bar? and it is secured. in closed positionby latches 12 on the box engaging pins 13 extending laterally from the door. The latches 12 have notches 14 in their under sides for engaging the pin and have outwardl handles 15 for operating the latches.

When the door is closed, the device hecomes a waste pa or box into which waste paper is thrown t irough the open top, and after it is full of waste paper, a press plate 16 is placed in the upper end of the box upon the papers for pressing the papers down, as shown.

The press plate 16 has grooveslf for the wires 9 and has one or more handles 18 for its removal and a centrally located metal bearing plate 19 for the end of a screw 20. The screw operates throu h a screw beam 21 and has on its upper en a hollow T-head 22 through which a turning hand bar 23 is loosely and removably inserted, as desired. There is also upon said head 22 a handle 24 projecting upward therefrom toone side of the axis of the screw 20. This handle 24 is for the purpose of operatin the screw 20, when not under strain, whi e the hand bar 23 is for operating the screw while under strain.

When the screw beam 21 lies cross-wise of the to of the press box it is held in place by a 00p 30 at one on and a loop '31 at the other end. These loops are plvotally mounted in connection with the upper end of the press box by pivot plates 32 and the loops extend over and around the ends of the screw beam, as shown in Fig.1, and the loop 30 is pivotally secured to the upper side of the screwbeam by a plate 34: so that the screw beam cannot escape from the press box. Beneath the pivot plate 32 for the loop 30 there is a stop block 35 secured to the side of the box for engaging the end portion of the beam 21 and holding .it in a semi-elevated position, as shown in Fig 2.-- This makes iteasy to return the screw beam into position on top of, the press box after the box is filled with papers and it is desired to press and bale the same. the press box is After the box is full of papers, the press plate 16 is inserted in the upper end of the bent or extending- Patented Oct. 13, 1914. I

box uponthe pa ers'. The screw beam' 21 osition shown in Fig.

is turned from t 1e 2 tothat shown in Fig. 1 on top of the box, and the loop 31 is caught over the free end of said beam 21'so as to hold said beam in' position on the press box. The screw 1s then run down by the handle 24 until it suificient pressure.

comes intoengagement with the metal plate 19 on the press plate 16. The bar 23 is then inserted in the head of the screw and the screw actuated .until the papers is under After the .bale 'is finished, the door is .unlatched and iturned ,down to'forma platform and the wires are 15 inserted "from the rear-through grooves 17 run Iupby the handle 24 and then the loop 31 is removed from the free end of the screw beam 21- and said screw beam is thrown back .-'-'port the screw beam insuchposition and out of the way in'the position shown in Fig.

' 2, Where itis maintained in an elevated positron b the end of the beam engaging the stop b ock 35 so that the loop will supoutset the way. After thepress plate 16 is removed, upon the platform.

the bale is-moved out of the box The inventip'n claimed is;

.1. "A baling press including a box open at its upper end, a screw beam adapted to lie across the top of the box for receiving a screw for pressing the contents of the box,

- a loop ivotally secured to one side of the box an pivotally connected with said screw beam near one end so that the screw beam cannot escape therefrom, a loop pivotally secured to the opposite side of the box adapted to be laced over the free .end of the beam when it is placed upon the box, and

a stop'on the side of the box to engage the end of said screw beam when turned up and back for holding the same in an elevated position.

2. A balin press including a box open at its upper en a screw beam adapted to be placed across the top of the box, a screw operating through said screw beam for pressing thecontents of the box and having a socketed head adapted toreceiveand removabli hold a'hand bar, and a handle secured on said head projecting upward therefrom and to one-side otthe. axis of the screw for operating said screw when not under strain. r-

In witness whereof, I have hereunto afiixed y'signature in the presence of the witnesses herein-named. I

' CHARLES B.".HEIM.

Witnesses:

GEO. MORGAN, CHAS. F. Hana. I 

